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(No Mo delJ H. DARLING 85A. L. KING.

COVER FOR GARBAGE REGEPTAGLES, &c. No; 539,937. Patented May 28, 1.895.I

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT DARLING AND ALANSON L. KING, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TOCHARLES A. MANN, CHARLES G. HORNUNG, AND PETER T. EINHELLIG, OF SAMEPLACE.

COVER FOR GARBAGE-RECEPTACLES, 84,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,937, dated May 28,1895.

A Application filed July 28, 1894. Serial No. 518,824. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT DARLING, a subject of the Queen .of GreatBritain, and ALANSON L. KING, a citizenof the United States, residing atBufialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Covers for GarbageReceptacl'es and SimilarVessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garbage receptacles and similar vessels whichare provided with a disinfecting or deodorizing attachment forneutralizing the offensive odors emanating from their contents.

The object of our invention is to combine with the cover of the vessel adisinfectant supply chamber which will permit the cover to be removedfrom the vessel and otherwise handled without danger of spilling thedisinfectant in the supply chamber.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of agarbage-receptacle having a cover which embodies our invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the cover of thereceptacle, showing amodified construction of the improvement. "Fig. 3 is a similar sectionof another modification thereof.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the body of the receptacle which may be of anywell known orapproved construction. It is preferably cylindrical in form andconstructed of galvanized iron.

B is the removable lid or cover of the receptacle, which is preferablyof conical form and provided with a marginal flange b whereby it restsupon the upper edge of the body, and with a depending rim b fitting intothe upper end of the body.

0 is the disinfectant chamber combined with the cover and adapted tocontain a liquid disinfectant, such as chloronaphtholeum. The top ofthis chamber is formed by the under side of the conical cover, while itsbottom is formed by a plate D, which is preferably constructed in theform of a funnel or inverted cone and which is secured at its large endto the under side of the cover by soldering or other suitable means, soas to form a tight joint.

E is an upright tube or conduit arranged centrally in the disinfectantchamber 0 and tightly secured at its lower end in an opening formed inthe apex of the conical bottom of said chamber. This tube is open atboth ends,

so as to place the interior of the receptacle in communication with thedisinfectantchamher, and it extends upward nearly to the top of thecover so as to project above the level of the liquid in the chamber 0and at the same time leave a space between the upper end of the tube andthe adjacent inner side of the cover. I I a F represents one or morewicks or capillary cords which are immersed with one end in thedisinfecting liquid contained in the chamber 0 and which depend throughthe tube E into the receptacle A. The disinfectant isthus drawn bycapillary attraction over the upper end ofthe tube and through thelatter and drips from the depending end of the wick upon the garbage inthe receptacle, thus disinfecting and deodorizing the same. The wickpreferably passes through perforated ears f and f arranged at the upperand lower ends of the tube E, respectively, and the ends of the wickarepreferably knotted, as shown, to prevent withdrawal of the Wick fromthe tube.

g is a filling aperture formed in the cover, for supplying thedisinfectant chamber. This aperture is surrounded by an externally screwthreaded collar which receives a screw cap g.

The tube, E, while permitting a free communication between the garbagereceptacleand the disinfectant chamber of the cover prevents the escapeof the liquid through the same when the cover is removed and held in atipped or inverted position, the liquid flowing into the conical top ofthe cover upon inverting the latter or into the portion of the chamberbelow the level of the tube upon tipping the cover to a position inwhich the tube is horizontal or more or less inclined. For this purposethe disinfectant chamber should not be filled above a level at which theliquid will escape through the tube in any position in which the covermay be held. By making the bottom of the disinfectant chamber funnelshaped the liquid is caused to flow toward the deepest portion of thechamber around the base of the tube E, and as the wick is immersed inthis deep portion, the disinfecting action continues until the liquid iswholly exhausted. The tube E is secured to the conical bottom plate Dand the wick cord is applied to the tube, before the bottom plate issoldered to the cover.

In the modified construction of our improvement, shown in Fig. 2, theupright tube in the disinfectant chamber is perforated from end to endand surrounded by a tubular wick F the lower portion of which isimmersed in the disinfecting liquid. In this case the liquid passes fromthe wick through the perforations of the tube and trickles down theinside of the latter upon the garbage in the receptacle.

Instead of applying a wick to the upright tube, a pad II of absorbentmaterial may be arranged on the under side of the cover directly overthe tube, the pad being preferably covered by a conical screen H whichprojects with its apex into the upper end of the tube, as shown in Fig.3. Upon removing the cover and tilting or inverting it, the disinfectantwill flow over the absorbent pad and saturate it and upon replacing thecover the liquid will drip from the pad through the tube and upon thegarbage.

Our improvement while herein shown and described in connection with agarbage receptacle, is also applicable to slop buckets and similarvessels.

If desired, the wick may be omitted and the garbage or other contents ofthe vessel be subjected to the action of the disinfectant simply by theevaporation thereof.

We claim as our invention 1. Incombination with the garbage can, a coverhaving a liquid chamber therein and a tube open at its upper and lowerends into the cover and can respectively, the bottom of said cover beingimperforate and the open ended tube being the sole communication betweenthe liquid chamber and. the can and arranged to prevent the direct flowof liquid to the can, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the garbage can, a cover having a liquid chambertherein and a tube opening at its top, and bottom into the liquidchamber and can respectively and forming the sole connection between theparts through which the fumes may rise from the garbage, the said tubebeing arranged to prevent the direct fiow of liquid from the chamberinto the can and a wick for supplying the inside of the tube and the canwith a limited amount of the liquid, the said liquid in the tube beingbrought in contact with the fumes and then dropping upon the garbage,substantially as described.

3. In combination, the garbage can, the cover having the liquid chamber,the open ended tube forming the sole communication between the can andliquid chamber and the wick extending from the liquid chamber downthrough the tube, substantially as described.

WVitness our hands this 24th day of July, 1894.

HERBERT DARLING. ALANSON L. KING.

Witnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, THEo. L. POPP.

